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The 9 at 9 Gunman shot dead outside White House, second day of counting in Galway West to begin and what happened to the ‘latte levy’?
GOOD MORNING.
Here’s all the news you need to start the day.
Washington
1. A gunman who opened fire outside the White House was killed following a shootout with US Secret Service agents, during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said.
Byelection
2. Dublin Central has just got its newest TD after Daniel Ennis came out on top in the byelection.
Galway West
3. Noel Thomas of Independent Ireland holds a narrow lead over Seán Kyne of Fine Gael in Galway West, where the count will resume at 9am.
Latte levy
4. The government should be requiring companies placing single-use plastics on the market to cover the cost of cleaning up the resulting litter, the European Commission has said.
Analysis
5. Why AI-fuelled job cuts at multinationals risk blowing a hole in Ireland’s public finances.
Taoiseach
6. Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said the party has suffered a “poor result” in Dublin Central but that the party has had “historic problems” in the constituency.
Bilbao
7. Police have detained four people at Bilbao airport in northern Spain following clashes that broke out after activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla returned home.
Flotilla
8. A group of Irish citizens who were illegally detained in international waters by Israel while taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla have returned home.
Trump
9. Donald Trump says he will miss his son’s wedding, insisting he has to stay in Washington because of “circumstances pertaining to government.”
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